Across
- 3. group of similar organisms
- 8. an animal leaves its home because the habitat is no longer ideal for them
- 12. group of same species
- 14. a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey
- 17. non living organisms
- 18. study of relationships between organisms
- 19. a relationship between organisms that strive for the same resources in the same place
- 20. Ecological succession is the process that describes how the structure of a biological community
Down
- 1. Factor- A limiting factor is a variable of a system that causes a noticeable change in output or another measure of a type of system
- 2. relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other
- 4. an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms
- 5. species- the species that first colonize new habitats created by disturbance
- 6. an animal establishes a home in a habitat because it has resources it can utilize or because the habitat is ideal for them
- 7. Mutualism is defined as an interaction between individuals of different species that results in positive (beneficial) effects on per capita reproduction and/or survival of the interacting populations
- 9. living organisms
- 10. a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
- 11. Density- Population density is a measurement of population per unit area
- 13. any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms
- 15. a group of populations
- 16. an environment where both biotic and abiotic organisms live